reading desk

noun

Origin of reading desk

First recorded in 1695–1705

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There was a large platform, with chairs upon it, but no pulpit or reading-desk.
Life in London
Edwin Hodder
To the left rises a platform, on which stands a reading-desk.
Mr. Faust
Arthur Davison Ficke
The priest, standing in front of a reading-desk, slowly turned his face to me.
Youth
Leo Tolstoy
The reading-desk was about three feet from the ground, and the pulpit about six feet.
The Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden
Samuel Marsden
He had a very gentlemanlike appearance in the pulpit and reading-desk.
Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2)
Samuel Warren